That was a great story, Consuela. Thanks for the link.
Anya, the Shopkeepers of America called. They wanted me to tell you that 'please go' just got replaced with 'have a nice day.'
Xander ,'Selfless'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jun 08, 2012 2:49:00 pm PDT #8976 of 30001
Because books.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 08, 2012 3:56:58 pm PDT #8977 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
He's also the sort of guy who deliberately and pointed reads every word he can see on your screen, and will even flip idly through windows if you let him use your keyboard.
I have every confidence in your ability to condition him against doing that, ita. Use your superpower in the cause of Good!
sarameg - Jun 08, 2012 4:20:07 pm PDT #8978 of 30001
I renewed my driver's license today and had the most shocking experience! It took all of 15 minutes from walking in the door, the picture is acceptable and looks like me, the MVA clerk was friendly and chatty and we talked about all sorts of stuff (where we were from, etc) while he processed everything. Yay Parkville MVA extension office!
I should say that this was also true of the one that used to be in Towson. Now the main city MVA that was in Mondawmin, now Reisterstown Rd....uhg.
msbelle - Jun 08, 2012 5:11:03 pm PDT #8979 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
of the 7 things I listed on ebay, 3 sold and I netted over $50. happy with that. Unfortunately the biggest item did not sell. I am relisting and lowering the reserve, maybe get 5 more things listed this weekend. maybe the eggs.
§ ita § - Jun 08, 2012 6:13:29 pm PDT #8980 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Damn browser crash ate my post.
There's an article linked to from Jez to Deadspin about athletes and the women who'll do anything to sleep with them (real breaking news), and the post is full of first-time Deadspin posters saying "Oh, I'm kicking NBA players to the curb ALL DAY, you know how it is!"
And all I can think is "JOANNA GRABIEN¹ WOULD SCHOOL ALLA Y'ALLS ASSES". In fact, so would her mother.
¹: I know this is not actually her last name. Go with the flow?
sarameg - Jun 08, 2012 6:21:19 pm PDT #8981 of 30001
My friend's flight now gets in at 1:15. I'm marketing at 8:30. BWI baggage claim is a slowass clusterfuck. Wish me....something.
msbelle - Jun 08, 2012 6:41:55 pm PDT #8982 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
will someone please make the mister rogers remix thing on good stuff into an mp3? i needs it all the time.
DavidS - Jun 08, 2012 7:15:36 pm PDT #8983 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
will someone please make the mister rogers remix thing on good stuff into an mp3?
The "Garden of Your Mind" one? I could do that for you.
shrift - Jun 08, 2012 7:20:35 pm PDT #8984 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Here you go, msbelle: [link]
DavidS - Jun 08, 2012 7:23:03 pm PDT #8985 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I worked at WGBH in Boston when I first moved there in the early 80s, and I got to read their station history.
There was a great story about Mr. Rogers making a visit to the studio in Boston (his show was shot in Pittsburgh) in the mid seventies, and they were COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY by the response. It was like little kid Beatlemania when he came out to meet his Boston fans.
There was a whole episode of the tv show Maude about how her husband liked to watch Mr. Rogers because he was so calming and decent.
Also my college roommate (Chip) grew up in Pittsburgh and went to school with Fred Rogers' son and got to meet him several times and said, "Yup, that's what he was like." Later after college Chip was running an educational foundation and did a lot of events with Mr. Rogers and affirmed that he was just one of the most genuinely nice people he'd ever met.